{"id":845,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:09","latitude":45.658350699999999733336153440177440643310546875,"longitude":-111.89330130000001872758730314671993255615234375,"title":"Pony Public School","subtitle":"Pony Historic District","fullsize":"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/6374e8971fae5be3c3d8776e51069188.jpg","address":"Pony, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"This fine Neo-classical style building represents Pony’s most affluent period, when area mines produced significant wealth. In 1902, the population soared to a record 1,000. School trustees secured financing and selected prominent Butte architect H. M. Patterson to design the town’s new school. Pony contractors McDonald and Bradshaw undertook the construction with the help of many area craftsmen. Built of locally made brick at a cost of $10,138, the building features a central pavilion, arched windows, and decorative pressed metal. The “pride of the community” welcomed its first students in 1903.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Public","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/25342200-e409-49e6-8057-a1cced2fb8a3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Pony Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/e2e2f131-6753-4009-8b6f-4296d59561c2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Pony Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/6374e8971fae5be3c3d8776e51069188.jpg":{"id":1014,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Pony Public School","description":"Pony Public School, front view of building. | <a href=\"https://www.montanapictures.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MontanaPictures.net</a> | Mar. 2008 | MontanaPictures.net","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/6374e8971fae5be3c3d8776e51069188.jpg"},"https://historicmt.org/files/fullsize/f134582644f3c2f70bf2846d493caef1.jpg":{"id":1318,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Pony Public School","description":"Pony Public School. View of the multilevel public school building in Pony, Montana with the flag visible and houses to the left and right. | <a href=\"https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/74184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Montana History Portal</a> | Between 1890 and 1920 | Unidentified photographer","thumbnail":"https://historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/f134582644f3c2f70bf2846d493caef1.jpg"}}}